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First African director whose films have received three nominations for Best Foreign Language Film. 2013: Abderrahmane Sissako: Mauritania: Timbuktu: Nominated 2019: Ladj Ly: France: Les Miserables: Nominated First non-African film directed by a Black director to be nominated in this category.
Oscar Micheaux (1884–1951) was both writer, director and the first major Black filmmaker who made more than 40 films, including adaptations from his own novels. Stepin Fetchit , né Lincoln Perry (1902–1985), pictured in 1959, both criticized as a stereotype and praised as an archetype, was the first Black actor to earn $1 million.
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom: Won Daniel Kaluuya: Best Supporting Actor: Judas and the Black Messiah: Won Leslie Odom Jr. One Night in Miami... Nominated 2022 Mahershala Ali: Best Actor – Drama: Swan Song: Nominated Will Smith: King Richard: Won Denzel Washington: The Tragedy of Macbeth: Nominated 2023 Jeremy Pope: The Inspection: Nominated 2024 ...
She made film history in 2019 when her debut feature film “Atlantics” (2019) became the first movie from a Black female director to compete for the prestigious Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film ...
The history of Black cinema is just as diverse, and thanks to streaming (for all its faults), film fans can watch films and documentaries made by both legendary and up-and-coming Black filmmakers.
10. A Raisin in the Sun (1961). Who's in it: Sidney Poitier, Claudia McNeil, Ruby Dee, Diana Sands Rating: NR Runtime: 128 minutes A poor Black family strives to build a better life in 1950s ...
This is a list of Black creatives who have been nominated for a Tony Award for outstanding achievement in theater.. While some American people of African ancestry prefer "Black," and others prefer "African American"; "African American" is considered a less appropriate umbrella term for people of African ancestry worldwide because it obscures other ethnicities or national origins.
35. Life (1999). Cast: Eddie Murphy, Martin Lawrence, Ned Beatty, R. Lee Ermey Directed by: Ted Demme Two New Yorkers, Ray Gibson and Claude Banks, travel to Mississippi on a bootlegging mission ...